Hand-greasing can't keep the pins fed
A single machine can carry dozens of grease points. Greased by hand they get missed, over-greased, or done late — and worn pins and bushings turn into slop, then downtime.
INDUSTRIAL VERTICAL
Reliability for Mobile and Off-Highway Equipment
Excavators, wheel loaders, and haulers live on shock load, dirt, and water — and every pin, bushing, and bearing depends on grease arriving on schedule. Armor distributes the automatic lubrication and contamination-control parts that keep mobile fleets in the cut instead of in the shop.
Where Mobile reliability programs run into trouble
Three issues we hear most from mobile maintenance and reliability teams.
Dirt and water wash grease out
Off-highway joints run submerged in mud and spray. Contamination strips the film off bearing surfaces faster than a manual relube interval accounts for.
Shock and vibration pound bearings
Impact loading in digging and hauling duty drives out lubricant and accelerates fatigue. The fix is the right grease delivered continuously, not a weekly gun.
Solutions for mobile operations
Application-level guidance with the products that solve them.
Automatic Lubrication Systems
Centralized systems pump grease from a single reservoir through metering valves to dozens of bearing points on a programmed cycle. Armor distributes the pumps, controllers, distribution valves, and tubing that build them.
Read moreBearing Lubrication
Bearings fail when grease film thins below the critical separation point. Armor distributes the automatic lubrication systems and grease-monitoring tools that keep film thickness consistent and predictable, regardless of duty cycle.
Read moreContamination Control
Contamination is the leading cause of premature bearing and hydraulic failures. Armor distributes the breathers, filters, and isolation hardware that keep particulates and water out of your reservoirs.
Read moreBrands we distribute for mobile
Common questions
Why put automatic lubrication on a machine that already gets greased?
Because manual greasing happens when the machine is parked — automatic lubrication delivers a metered shot to every point while the machine works, at the interval the bearing actually needs. It eliminates missed points, over-greasing, and the labor of walking a grease gun around the machine every shift.
Can a single-point lubricator handle a bucket or boom pin?
A single-point electromechanical unit works well for an individual high-wear pin. For a whole machine, a centralized multi-point system with a reservoir pump and divider valves is the typical architecture — sized off the point count, the relube volume, and the operating-temperature envelope. Send the make and model and we will spec it.
Will these units survive washdown, mud, and cold starts?
Yes — the units we distribute are sealed and rated for off-highway duty, and we pair them with contamination control on the reservoir so the system isn't pumping dirty grease. Tell us the operating temperature range and washdown exposure and we'll match the lubricant and hardware to it.